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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1944
Page
9
Johnston, president of the States Chamber of Commerce, has accepted an invitation to inspect the Russian production facility. He remarked that American progress remains unclear until observing others’ efforts and results.
The piece recalls Kwajalein invasion exploits with Ray Woodworth of Walkerville Mich landing on the beach and firing a pillbox rifle to kill a sniper. It details Marshall Islands bombardment, shell power, and naval fire as well as sailors averaging 10 to 14 cups of coffee daily during war aboard ships.
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Hideki Tojo told the Japanese Diet that Japan's military position has become grave and that battles will decide the empire's fate. He said Japanese forces repelled the first American onslaught but new, stronger attacks are expected based on material superiority.
Highlights include answers to three questions about seeing one's face and weighing liquids plus a note that a sea lion is a long-eared seal. The March 1944 horoscope warns against trusting appearances in love and business and anticipates good fortune later in the year.
Atlantic City dispatch reports New Guinea natives, paid with a can of corned beef by American airmen, began a new twist in profiteering by separating captive Japanese soldiers one by one instead of in groups. Tech Sgt Carl Averill, a Fortress radio gunner, recalls soldiers weakened by malnutrition and explains the tactic.
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